Training with the disability community to prepare for the safeguard consultation in Lima, Peru February 2015 We have been advocating to ensure that persons with disabilities are included and taken into consideration throughout all stages of the project cycle—from design, to implementation, to monitoring—since the beginning of the safeguard review process. We have shared information …
Children in Peru attend BIC workshop on World Bank safeguards / BIC 2015 In August 2015 the World Bank flagged as one of the four goals of the safeguards review to “provide inclusive access to development benefits through the introduction of a non- discrimination principle.” In both the first and second drafts of the safeguards …
The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) assessed the impact of the World Bank funded Uganda Health systems strengthening project on persons with disabilities (PWDs): A case study of Itojo and Kiryadongo Hospitals. The data was analyzed with regard to project awareness, implementation and effect on the lives of PWDs. The study was …
Bangladesh has made significant progress in education over the past two decades. With nearly 18 million children enrolled in about 80,000 primary schools in the country. Despite this progress, considerable challenges remain. These were the children who had missed out schooling at the right age or had been forced to drop out, mainly because of …
Access Bangladesh Foundation which advocates and promotes equality for disabled, underprivileged and extremely poor people in all spheres of life, through education, health care, appropriate training, employment, communication, and barrier free environment released a video on the World Bank funded Skills and Training Enhancement Project (STEP) in Bangladesh. The video, a summary of the in-depth …
Society and Disability and the Peruvian Down Syndrome Society, civil society organizations in Peru advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities, have produced a video on the impact of the World Bank funded Lima Urban Transport Project (Metropolitano) and the Mainstreaming Inclusive Design and Universal Mobility in Lima Project on persons with disabilities. The …
The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU), an indigenous umbrella organization of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Uganda working to promote the equalisation of opportunities and active participation of PWDs in mainstream development processes, has produced a video on the impact of the World Bank funded National Agriculture Advisory Services (NAADS) in Uganda …
The Disability and World Bank Safeguards Campaign, together with its Peruvian focal point organizations Society and Disability and the Peruvian Down Syndrome Society, participated in the World Bank Annual Meetings in Lima, Peru October 6-9, 2015. The Campaign was joined by Catalina Devandas, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to advocate for …
The World Bank has a complex track record with human rights and the environment. On one hand, they are one of the world’s most important development institutions, and their main goals are to eliminate poverty and boost prosperity. On the other, they have a history of sidelining the well-being of communities and ecosystems that are …
On September 30th, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a hearing at the United States Congress on international financial institutions (IFIs) and human rights, chaired by Congressman Jim McGovern. Witnesses included BIC’s Nezir Sinani from Kosovo, Milton Sanchez from Peru, and Obang Metho from Ethiopia, who testified on the human rights impacts of World …